March 2020 Books Vs Moods

This month started with a lot of gusto in terms of my reading but tapered into a somewhat weak end, with hardly any reviews in the last week. Despite that, since I did well in the beginning, I have enough to recommend to you in this odd time that we are also (strangely enough) facing…

Tigers by Paula Hammond

As the title rightly proclaims, it is a book of stunning photographs. There are enough of them to hold anyone in awe. Every time I see images like this, I wonder how the earliest people who wanted to study them felt the need to drain the life out of its eyes. This is a pretty…

Don’t Look Down (Shadows of New York #2) by Hilary Davidson

The situation outside is not really very good, and although we in HK have been in the precautionary state since mid-Jan, recently we have seen a tremendous surge of cases. A massive chunk of these are people who have come 'back' from other countries currently suffering a more significant number of cases, and they seem…

Breeda Looney Steps Forth by Oliver Sands

The story is of Breeda who has spent the last few months caring for her dying mother and then grieving for the loss. She is adrift, and this is a sort of coming of age story for Breeda because she may finally be able to shake off the weight on her heart. The setting is…

Lost at Sea by Erica Boyce

I really enjoyed another book by this author, The Fifteen Wonders of Daniel Green mostly for the uniqueness of the storyline. I saw this coming out and was intrigued enough to pick it up! This title is symbolic in some ways, there is the actual sea, and the metaphorical one as people contemplate their roles in…

Thief River Falls by Brian Freeman

Narrator: January LaVoy This started in a deceptively ordinary fashion. It had the right ambience of gloom and in the weather which suited the story. Our leading lady is a famous author and local celebrity, Lisa Power. Her life is sad and lonely when she finds a boy in her shed. The boy says that…

The Forbidden Promise by Lorna Cook

This is a dual timeline story, one is of WWII, and the other is in present-day Scotland. I preferred the current day's timeline of our leading lady (Kate) is working towards making an old Scottish castle more lucrative for its owners. The other is of a girl on the brink of adulthood who doubts her…

Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer

Every time I see the first in a series, especially with more promised to come, my eyes perk up, and I almost automatically request an opportunity to get my hands on it. Sometimes I am rewarded for this impulse, but most often, I am not. In this case, I was glad that it was the…